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Guess I'm Done?
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Aye that makes sense, I look at my EDFX shortcut from time to time but tbh Ive not felt the urge to click on it for some time, wait I tell lie I did log in back in Jan and do three jumps then logged back out.
It gives me the feeling of being alone in a vast space, yes that cheers me up
(also it's fun)
I never uninstall a game unless I'm absolutely sure I won't want to play it again. I have plenty of HDD space. I just move my favourite game(s) to my SSD, and keep my lesser games on the HDD.
Mainly because my internet is and slow, so a download takes roughly 1.5 hours per gigabyte.
I'm on a break too though. Can't seem to keep interested in ED right now.
I have no goals left, so all my sessions just end up being me just faffing about.
I'm hoping my new friend at work will download ED someday, so I can atleast play with friends (finally!), most games are more fun with friends.
Mainly because my internet is and slow, so a download takes roughly 1.5 hours per gigabyte.
I'm on a break too though. Can't seem to keep interested in ED right now.
I have no goals left, so all my sessions just end up being me just faffing about.
I'm hoping my new friend at work will download ED someday, so I can atleast play with friends (finally!), most games are more fun with friends.
I must be rare...? I got over half a year of game time on Elite, and still waiting for my first burn out.
I'm finally done with ED. I've only supported this game for what it could've been, but it took me a while to notice I was lying to myself.
The excitement feeling started dying off about a bit more than a year ago.
I kept taking month longs breaks and every time I came back I would play the game for less and less time, also having to resort to Obsidian Ant to have an idea of what's going on (because the game manages to fail so hard, even in the current state, to tell players what's actually going on). Last time, couple of weeks ago, I reinstalled the game and only managed to play it for about 2 hours before dying of boredoom and simply uninstalling it again, very likely definitively now.
Oh, and can the devs and some players PLEASE stop calling this [very arcadey] game a Sim, please? The game couldn't be duller and simpler. There's no interactable cockpits, no complex navigation/avionics, the radio comms is just B S (you can't even hail another ship through voice comms like you see happening in the series The Expanse for example), the damage system is a joke for a sim (this is more like low level rpg damage system dependent on HP thresholds and DPS as opposed to an actual complex internal damage system like in Falcon BMS, DCS or even War Thunder for example), and the biggest dullness of all: exploration, which is just a "hold button to scan" mechanic giving you [gameplaywise] useless data that can be traded for credits so you can grind more...
Hah, silly me thinking, about 2-3 years ago, that maybe in a couple of updates the game would become more complex. Instead, what we got? New ships and decals, grind, thargoids (which are basically new USS that fight and deal damage like any other ship. Just the same with a different texture and name), and more ships and grind... Not even a bloody Flight Path Marker in the HUD could've been developed for the one of us that enjoy racing at over 600m/s at tree top level over planet surfaces...
I just wish it was possible to use the game as some sort of Space Engine, travelling through Milkyway without having to resort to Frame Shift Drive or any ship at all, and that was the only enjoyable thing about ED I used to like.
I'm not expecting anything but a letdown from Q4. I'm done.
This is CMDR Archer signing off, o7.
The excitement feeling started dying off about a bit more than a year ago.
I kept taking month longs breaks and every time I came back I would play the game for less and less time, also having to resort to Obsidian Ant to have an idea of what's going on (because the game manages to fail so hard, even in the current state, to tell players what's actually going on). Last time, couple of weeks ago, I reinstalled the game and only managed to play it for about 2 hours before dying of boredoom and simply uninstalling it again, very likely definitively now.
Oh, and can the devs and some players PLEASE stop calling this [very arcadey] game a Sim, please? The game couldn't be duller and simpler. There's no interactable cockpits, no complex navigation/avionics, the radio comms is just B S (you can't even hail another ship through voice comms like you see happening in the series The Expanse for example), the damage system is a joke for a sim (this is more like low level rpg damage system dependent on HP thresholds and DPS as opposed to an actual complex internal damage system like in Falcon BMS, DCS or even War Thunder for example), and the biggest dullness of all: exploration, which is just a "hold button to scan" mechanic giving you [gameplaywise] useless data that can be traded for credits so you can grind more...
Hah, silly me thinking, about 2-3 years ago, that maybe in a couple of updates the game would become more complex. Instead, what we got? New ships and decals, grind, thargoids (which are basically new USS that fight and deal damage like any other ship. Just the same with a different texture and name), and more ships and grind... Not even a bloody Flight Path Marker in the HUD could've been developed for the one of us that enjoy racing at over 600m/s at tree top level over planet surfaces...
I just wish it was possible to use the game as some sort of Space Engine, travelling through Milkyway without having to resort to Frame Shift Drive or any ship at all, and that was the only enjoyable thing about ED I used to like.
I'm not expecting anything but a letdown from Q4. I'm done.
This is CMDR Archer signing off, o7.
I feel you, commander.
This is why I don't support game Kickstarters and the like anymore.
This is why I don't support game Kickstarters and the like anymore.
Wish we could double or triple rep posts. This captures things accurately.
new content heals all issues- look to the future.
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I've been here since August 2014, took a year out in 2017 played old fav games instead, came back in 2018 and I've now just bought Witcher 3 GOTY for £13.95. I'll buy the new Tomb Raider when it goes on sale, I'll buy Football Manager 2019 when it's out and these games will tide me over until X4 releases.
ED just doesn't have anything I want anymore although I still love flying spaceship. It's not enough.
I've never been overly critical of its progression and I've never really white knighted its cause, I just played the game as it was developed. Now I don't see where it's going or any reason to continue playing. It's been a fun ride on the whole and I wouldn't have missed it for the world but it now feels like a creaking mess. It lost it's way with the emphasis on wings, multi crew, PP and CQC.
The latest Thargoid content is not in keeping with the original premise i.e. you need 'special' weapons to combat them now. In the old games you didn't need that, your standard weapons would do if you were good enough. I get that the 'Goid content is optional so why wouldn't you have specialised weapons to fight them but if they are to become real time and in your space then how can any multi role ship possibly equip for them and NPCs and other Cmdrs? It's not been thought through and is driving FDev up yet another dead end.
I can't fault the graphics, the sound design or the feel of flying a space ship. The direction and content delivery failed a long time ago.
It's been a fun ride on the whole and I'd never say, never again, so I'll no doubt be back in the black sometime in the future.
Fly whichever way you like Cmdrs o7.
Ps And no you can't haz my stuffs as I might be back someday and it's all locked safely away in various starports.
ED just doesn't have anything I want anymore although I still love flying spaceship. It's not enough.
I've never been overly critical of its progression and I've never really white knighted its cause, I just played the game as it was developed. Now I don't see where it's going or any reason to continue playing. It's been a fun ride on the whole and I wouldn't have missed it for the world but it now feels like a creaking mess. It lost it's way with the emphasis on wings, multi crew, PP and CQC.
The latest Thargoid content is not in keeping with the original premise i.e. you need 'special' weapons to combat them now. In the old games you didn't need that, your standard weapons would do if you were good enough. I get that the 'Goid content is optional so why wouldn't you have specialised weapons to fight them but if they are to become real time and in your space then how can any multi role ship possibly equip for them and NPCs and other Cmdrs? It's not been thought through and is driving FDev up yet another dead end.
I can't fault the graphics, the sound design or the feel of flying a space ship. The direction and content delivery failed a long time ago.
It's been a fun ride on the whole and I'd never say, never again, so I'll no doubt be back in the black sometime in the future.
Fly whichever way you like Cmdrs o7.
Ps And no you can't haz my stuffs as I might be back someday and it's all locked safely away in various starports.
Sole Hunter
Banned
Good job Yamiks.
[big grin]
Know the feeling.
Shame isn't it !
Shame isn't it !
I look forward to being bored enough of this game to quit. No game has held me like this before (and I’ve played a ton of games).
I couldn't have put it better. Been uninstalled for a while now. Keep checking the forums for signs of some coherent direction whilst waiting for X4 too. I really hope that FD do something I can get into at some point.
So for £30-£40 you've had a considerable amount of play time right?